#also idk if you could figure it out but Maya may or may not be related to a specific dragon of ours~

[thesupernaturalhouse]

So uh, on my lmk au hype and I'm not coming down until I explain some of it-

Okay so, essentially I just put my ocs into the story; ocs that are going to be in a original book I hope to make later but also fit well with the lmk story...and whenever I really like a show/game my brain makes an oc or inputs my ocs into it-

Which is why their names aren't originally Chinese and I'm working on it for...mainly my own enjoyment cause coming up with names is fun okay-

Anywyas, enough of my ranting: Macaque, on his journey to find wukong is found my Maya(or Xiaoyu, might changer her name) loking crazy and half starved

the fucking food!- Maya/Xiaoyu 20 minutes later

Who proceed st kidnap him to her camp, like she akss if he wants to come and when he doesn't answer just drags him to her mom Violet and her siblings and girlfriend

Said girlfriend is the god of death/ruler of Diyu aka a God who originally came up to force Wukong to put his name back in the book only to meet this misfit group and be adopted and claimed as a lover....and do the same thing Wukong did not even a week later of knowing em, yes she has a scythe

Said siblings are: her older twin sister, Beatrice who is the complete opposite of Maya, and her two emotionally adopted younger twin siblings, Peach-Cut(still working on the name) and Goldie who aren't related but are the same age and don't know when their birthdays are so- twins

Long story short they end up travling together doing various shenanigans; including teasing Mac about his boyfriend, hiding bodies, burning down a church, making a land mine, getting shot at by Violet, making friendship bracelets, teaching Mac how to cook, teaching Bea how to heal, teaching Maya how to throw knives, teaching Eclipse how to knit, and teaching Violet to read, and much more

Fun sibling shenanigans with a side of murderous rage and intend. Also, just now relaizing this: their essentially the opposite of Wukongs gang

Heres an example: Tang: murder is bad and shouldn't be used Wukong! Violet: you shouldn't Kill for no reason....but it IS a valid option you should use if ya need to

Once again, long story short, Mac didn't Wukong dies and boom now he has a child! They make it to Tieshan/PIFs castle, and that's all I have planned so far

The au well have a lot more journey to the west elements, so like red is captured by the gold rings and such; but he's far younger and so a deal is made where they'll take out about 90% of the fire and let him go....haven't worked out all the details bit Maya ends up getting 25%-ish of it cause of Wukong, who freaks out and ends up hurting her pretty bad

I'm thinking golden fillet placed on her head because paranoia of the fire taking ievr or something, need to work it out; Eclispe kills her, removes the filled, then puts her wife's sound back into her body and hooks a grudge against wukong eve since(Maya doesn't but she's incapable of hating anybody....except abusers and such)

Next up I'll explain what they look like, again send asks! I'd love to talk more about this au!! Like the designs for the characters canon and oc and the angst later on

[wowowwild]

Thank you so much for not despising Nahyuta they're so special to me, could you do them for the character ask? (I also love that you're a Nahyuta nb truther.)

I just think they're interesting.

Character Ask

Favorite thing about them: 

Least favorite thing about them: I think they were done dirty by the writing tbh. (explanation)

Favorite line: Look, ik it's basic, but "A business card…? Ah, yes. I read about this custom among businessmen in this country. I have even familiarized myself with the various replies. "How do you do, good sir?" or, "What's crack-a-lackin', homie?" for example." Who told them that? Who told them that was an acceptable response to a business card? Bc that person is def in my top 10 favs.

brOTP: They should be bros with Athena methinks. They would be menaces together.

OTP: Blackmadhi is so good for me. I can also get behind Skyemadhi, and could even potentially see... idk what it's called. xKlavier. You know the one. It intrigues me as a concept, I would have to explore it further. Also, also, the one where Ema is dating Nahyuta and Maya but Nahyuta and Maya are just silly pals by @u3pxx. I think that's nice.

nOTP: Idk who they even get shipped with outside of those. I know in the Japanese version Apollo and Nahyuta are stated to be childhood friends rather than siblings but I don't know the rest of the context through out the game so I can't really say one way or the other, but in the English version this ship would definitely squick me, however I'm not sure how many/if any people who have played only the English version actually ship this, I've only seen it from people who have played the Japanese version.

Random headcanon: This right here. And also they take learning American slang very seriously, and then also British slang to figure out what Blackquill is saying. Except they learned the really old stuff too and part of their self imposed homework was watching Twitch streamers and now they're really into mcyt. This is going to be so funny when my own post crosses my dash and is filtered out for having mcyt in it (I don't dislike it, I'm just not interested and the posts tend to be long so I can scroll past quicker like this.)

Unpopular opinion: I don't even know. Apparently liking them? I mean if you take them as they are in canon, I mean being and active participant in everything that was going is, uh... bad. But I don't really treat anything from 5+6 as strictly canon anyway so it doesn't matter.

Song I associate with them: I don't have one for them specifically really. I feel bad I have to keep not having anything for this question. Rec me all your songs, I want them.

Favorite picture of them: There's one where someone drew them with a sideways baseball cap on at burger barn. The hat is red. idk where it is. I may find it. Edit: I found it and 100% misremembered most of it but here. Also basically any art by @ministarfruit or @kuranne88.

I also love this concept art fit:

[mermaidsirennikita]

Do you have any HR with the hero/heroine spying on the hero/heroine doing or going somewhere and then get caught and confronted by the hero/heroine, idk it could be a lake or something, idk if I'm explaning myself

I think I got some stuff for you

Elizabeth Hoyt has these vibes often due to the nature of her books lol:

Thief of Shadows--I mean, Winter is a masked vigilante and Isabel is basically trying to figure out it's him for much of the book. NOW. Her method for figuring it out IS sucking his dick behind a curtain, but still.

Duke of Midnight--Maximus is ALSO a masked vigilante (it's a thing, there's a shared identity) and Artemis catches him doing all that and blackmails him

Duke of Sin--I mean Valentine technically spies on Bridget for like 3-4 months while he lives in his own walls, but I also think there are times when they catch each other doing various nefarious things

A Secret Love by Stephanie Laurens has a heroine masquerading as a widow in order to extract a favor from her childhood friend-turned nemesis. There's a big moment when he catches her slipping up... which is after he has Done Shit with that masked lady, mind you lol.

The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley has the heroine spying on the hero with another woman (at the very beginning of the book--he and the heroine are not by any means together and this woman is just like some random he's trying to fuck lol) and he's very aware that she's spying and chases the other woman way before being like "and you are here why?" The heroine is really good at picking locks and creeping, and he's super turned on by the thought of her being a voyeur lol.

If you wanna go more hardcore on this, The Recruit by Monica McCarty has the heroine make first contact with the hero when she spies on him fucking another lady. They've never met and it's a doggy style deal so he makes eye contact with the heroine and gets off on her watching. He confronts her AFTER lol.

Olivia and The Masked Duke by Grace Callaway is another "post-viewing" confrontation, but the heroine spies on the hero spanking another woman before they're together. It Awakens Her.

The Duke Who Knew Too Much by Grace Callaway. lmao THIS ONE is HILARIOUS because this very innocent but nosy heroine spies on the hero when he and his mistress are doing a light CNC (by way of bondage) and busts in like "UNHAND HER!!" and the mistress goes with it because she doesn't wanna be seen as freak. Then the mistress dies... and the hero has to explain to our heroine that he's not a murderer he's just like... into kinky sex.

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks may be juuust what you need lol. The hero is trying to resist consummating his marriage with the heroine (she's deaf, he doesn't think she can consent though she totally can) and then walks in on her bathing in a lake. He's not God's strongest soldier.

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles I think, has the one hero desperately trying to catch the other hero, a smuggler, in the act, as revenge for blackmail. It's great lol. The Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel also has one hero discover the other, his secretary, snooping around the house late at night. And then he's like "I wasn't snooping, I was just trying to fuck???"

Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale has Allegreto walk in on Elena sneaking around his weird little collection room, and he's all "I CAN DO YOUR BIRTH CHART" and she's like "what" because he's crazy.

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas has Harry and Poppy officially meet when she's creeping around HIS collection (we love a hero or heroine with a weird collection tbh).

The Lady Hellion by Joanna Shupe has the hero catch the heroine when she's masquerading a man to try to help sex workers by night. Like he's all "I GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT THE FUCK SHE'S UP TO" and then he's like "hmm that was hotter than I expected".

[two-sides-samecoin]

Maya also never said Robin shouldn't date someone, she just said that her friendships shouldn't suffer because of it, especially the one she has with Steve. It's weird how people say it's bad rep, like I'm queer, I never got into a relationship am I now less queer? Also Robin is a teenager and is living in the apocalypse there is no time for dates. I still hope for Rovickie because I think they could be cute and Robin deserves to be kissed, but idk if she will be heavily involved in the UD so yeah. It's also bothering me that people now use this as an argument against Vickie saying well she's not developed enough so again bad rep. As if the main characters are only allowed to date within the group, pick a struggle either you want new characters to join or the cast should stay tight. Like people wouldn't minf Steve suddenly dating a girl who is only there for 1 episode at the end. Why not have Robin find someone outside the group as well?

YES EXACTLY THIS!!! like she said she has mixed feelings about it which also makes sense because in a show like stranger things that only has 8-9 eps per season and everyone has split time like it’s a valid fear of hers to also feel conflicted that the writers may focus on the romance too much when she wants to be involved more with friendships. it’s also like i genuinely think she has the most fun on set with joe too which can add to it but genuinely think maya just likes the friendships which is valid. exactly what you said about that!! yeah like robin is legit living in apocalypse times now like i remember how everyone in fandom was like ‘damn steve we about to die stop thinking about romance’ meanwhile they’re also concerned with the same thing while our mains have to figure out how to live in apocalyptic times now and defeat the UD once and for all. anyway sorry for bring that in back to the main focus yeah i honestly hate how people treat how mains have romances with side characters. like everyone was convinced that suzy was a spy and claimed that she killed hopper just because of her being a minor character and now vickie is getting wrongfully treated too. ngl i just think it’s this fandom picking which minor characters they like and which ones they can hate to an unhealthy degree. it’s wild!! but yeah like maya never said that she didn’t want romance for robin or whatever she wants to make sure that friendship is prioritized which again in a show like st is completely valid to have this concern

[maxthesillyy]

i bet everything i own that if i push the look button max is gonna say smth quirky and funny— wait no. we cant look at anything… UNCOMMON DE WIN

nope nvm she looked at thefucking santa hat NEVERMIND. and the table sign… and. a bunch else. okay…..

still soso cuirous bout rhe polaroids

literally just watched safi tell her to pull the trigger and is still absolutely fine with her.. okay

LORETTA!!!!!!<3

OH SHIT YAY i was hoping wed get a “max fucks up timelines” moment :3

loretta y r u like rhis… freak<3

the talk to the future/past thing is so much cooler now considering

not even an animation for the “change his grade” thing??

SORRY PLANT I JUST DIDNT WANNA RISK GWEN FIGURING OUT I WAS THERE

gwen hates max in my play through so much 😭

oh straight up? nice

“whyd u do it” “IT WAS HARD AND I DONT REGRET IT”

safi…. safi im so curious

MAYA MENTION MAYA MENTION MAYA MENTION

amberprice vibes? parallels i guess?

so clearly the call was safi learning the book was cancelled

max never fucking stops 😭😭

people who want to romance gwen r projecting themselves WAY too much into maxs place,,, maybe its just me but this is like. exhausted parent and rebellious teenager 4 lack of better words

NO RECORDS OF ALDERMAN??? this is so cool

oh hey firewalk poster in gwens office

stop mentioning explosive shit ur scaring me

THE RINGING IS SO ANNOYINGGGGRGEFFEFEF

oh???????? timeline fuckery???????? i dont think shes lying she looks way too chill.

“everyone seems to have a different opinion of Maya” I AM FED UP WITH THE RACHEL PARALLELS!!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS THIS GOING 💥💥💥💥💥

“because she (safi) trusts you. and i (yasmin) trust you.” staring staring staring. something something ‘pull the trigger.’

I DONT WANNNA TALK TO VINH OH MY GO

me and all the homies (except ky) HATE VINH

AMANDA JUMPSCARE HOLY SHIT like that genuinely startled me. just seeing her stand in the corner like that LMFAO

MAYAS WAS A STUDENT?????????? I TAKE BACK EVERY AMBERPRICE STATEMENT MY BAD MY BAD

im trying so hard to care about the npc sideplotlines. would be easier if i could engage in the conversation.

STOP BEING FLIRTY I DO NOT CONSENT‼️‼️

OH! DIAMOND AND MOSES.. or just diamond?

the audios weird again

the chapters feel so much longer… but that may just be bc i dont know what to expect next unlike previous games.

oh. damn. i liked lucas,, idk whether to trust vinh but. idk.

hell yea not cashing in on the favor he owes me

safis like a force of nature when shes angry. this reminds me of no one.

ugh i guess i dont totally hate vinh

HELP MAX I WAS JUST ABOUT SAY— not another pedo teacher please 🙏

wow <3 love this photo of lucass family. definitely not a pitch black screen for some reason.

OF COURSE THATS WHERE THE FUCKING THING TO PROGRESS THE STORY WAS

OH SHIR HES A THEIF

i like that DE has more achievements other than the collectibles

SAFI TIME

these chapters are SO LONG

“safi, hey!” said too casually

dude im scared of safi now

WHATS GOING ON?! IM SCARED!!! /reference

maxs number 1 talent is pissing off pretty women

MAX PRE DE POST HELL WEEK LORE

THE CHLOE SHIT IS GONNA MAKE ME GO INSANE. WDYM U WERE ALONE FOR SO LONG. WDYM CHLOE IS PROBABLY PARTYING. WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHLOE WOULD PICK UP FOR YOU BUT IT ISNT HER JOB TO YAKE CARE OF YOU. YOURE GOING THROUGH HORRIBLE TRAUMATIC SHIR LITERALLY CALL HER

UGHGSGEGFFRGGEGGEGGRGFFAHHHHHHH

OH WAIT LETS FUCKING GO— max makes a parallel comment on lucas and jefferson i knew it was real

“heh…. thats the reaction im expecting at this point……” max shouldve been a teen on 2020 tiktok

ARO DIAMOND????? 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

i cant play this all night when does this chapter end?

so were calling polaroid max alternate max

safi vague vent posting LMFAO

max messing up timelines 😻

lowkey getting annoyed amanda’s One reaction to anything sad max says is “LOL EMO i refuse to respond seriously” it’s nitpicky

also the audio is weird again,,, WAY too loud music rn

“bitch shut ur dumb eyes!” same vibes as when someone tries to do the “be mean to friend jokingly and everyone finds it funny” way too early on in the friendship. clearly max doesnt think so tho so.

this reminds me of that one moment in the tlou dlc

this is not fun,,,,,,,,,, classic LIS dance scene tho! cant live without it

AYYYYY LETS THRASH SHAKABRAH MOMENT

ugh that wasnt fun but it was kinda cute + necessary LIS dance scene + max is happier now

PH THE BG MUSIC IS GOOD NOW?????? HOLY SHIT ITS LIKE. BTS LEVELS OF GOOD

oh yay amandas finally giving max a normal response

“why are you so nice to me?” MAX GUILT AND TRAUMA MAX GUILT AND TRAUMA

“shit,,, im doing it again” LITERALLY WHAT AMANDA. WHAT. LITERALLY WHAT.

“my therapist says i latch onto people too quickly…” SHUT UPPPPP FUCK OFF

okay sorry i officially dont like amanda. reminds me of way too many annoying people i know

“please dont vs that would be hot” 😕😕😕😕😕

when max acts cringy its okay bc its max but when AMANDA ACTS LIKE A NICE GUY ITS SO ANNOYING

I LITERALLY SAID SHE ISNR MY TYPE AND ITS A FRIEND THING STOP SHOVING HER AT ME— AT LEAST VINH IS RELATED TO THE PLOT.

“heh… i guess i just have a thing for emotionally unavailable women” FUCK OFFF I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE ALL ABOUT BOUNDARIES

“but dw you didnt feel the same way and i respect that” CLEARLY NOT???

okay the gwen is hot joke is actually kinda funny

whateva whateva idec

i wanted to like amanda so much but i CANT

oh hey trauma and guilt again 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

max was so excited to see safi too </3

MAX STOP FLIRTING WITH PEOPLE I DO NOT CONSENT /joke

“safi was obsessed with you” SAFI LORE GO ON PLEASE

anybody else waiting for More rachel mentions

stop making me not hate you vinh… this chapter has reversed me— like vinh hate amanda now

WHY ARE WE SMASHING OR PASSING STOP IT STOP IT IM TOO AROACE I DONT LIKE THIS GAME STOPPPPPPP

say safi so i can say smash

“my students are off limits” THANK GOD i was so scared they were gonna be dumb tbh

VINH BACK OFF NOW— BEAR SPRAY GO

OH FUCK OFF IM NOT KISSING HIM— NOT NOW OF ALL TIMES

“dont take this the wrong way—“ TAKE IT. TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY

please tell me were at the end please please please

YEAH I AM ROMANTICALLY DISENTANGLED THANKS FOR NOTICING— although thats. an odd achievement. but i can support an achievement that encourages you to not gaf about romance for two seconds.

SCARY TF

max canNOT get a break

close the door damn

WHAT RHE SHIT

WHATS GOING ON?!?!? IM SCARED!!!!! /ref

THEY WENT INTO THE DARK ROOM??? FUCK OFF

kitty!

OH HEY I REMEMBER— THE HOUSE BREAK INS THEY MENTIONED EVERY OTHER MINUTE

WHAT RHE FUCK WHAT RHE TUCK EHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

THATS SAFI IM CALLING IT— JK I DONT ACTUALLY KNOW? NO SHOT THATS ACTUALLY MAX?

THIS IS COOL AS FUCK DUDE

OH WAIT OR? MAYA? EITHER WAY THIS IS NOT MAX SHES ACTING WEIRD AF

NOT MAX THAT IS NOT MAX

OH MY GOD LITERALLY WHO ARE YOU

JESUS CHRISTTT

THATS WHAT??? CHLOE CALLED HER????????? SUPERMAX??????

OKAY SO. WHATEVER. WE WERE RIGHT. BUT NO NEED FOR HER TO HAVE CALLED HER SUPERMAX

WHAT RHE FUCK EVER

so!!!! that was fun!!!!!!!! ill collect my thoughts!!!!!! soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHAT I AM SO EXCITED AND DREADFUL

[lettersformiah]

12:38pm, 5 july

hey bubs. i hope youre sleeping well i dont know if i could write this without adressing the elphant in the room that is the way your parents are treating you. fuck them and fuck their twisted rules and manipulative bullshit. its ridiculous and you dont deserve it and im so so sorry you gotta deal with them. they treat you like a child and everyone can see that you are so much smarter and self aware than they believe. the lack of trust and respect is so apparent and its insane to me that they think they are doing whats best for you while make you fucking hate them. theyre not it and no one would blame you if you walked the fuck out. come live with me for a bit bub, my house is open if you figure out a way of getting here. love you

went to school late today. got here at interval so i missed math and english. drama was fine and chill and we couldnt perform because we were fucking around and like it was a bit messy and jamayn wasnt there so we couldnt even do it if everything worked out. we have to do it p5 tomorrow because leo isnt even here on thurs or fri. its messy as. but yeah i woke up and i was like no. and then i woke up at 9:30 and was like fuck it may as well just take my time. i went eventually i guess. 3 periods better than none. kealan did the same thing! he misse 1-3 though. maya is at home too. today was just no ones day. yeah um. i guess when shit goes iffy with your parents it really fucks me up. im sorry bubba. leo told me to try and not let it get to me because theres nothing i can do. and hes right, but its so so hard. come live with me. please please please come over. uni can wait. everything can wait because you are so important. id do anything to get you to my place. i lub u <3

my sleeve is wet L i got it wet when i washed my face. bit sad :( idk when itll dry. um. yeah. i have nothing to say. im in geo. mrs haggart isnt here again and i dont wanna do anything. i know im just like putting it off because i have to do it otnight eventually but like god i do not want to. english tonight too. dont even get to talk to you. didnt even do my resume. i dont wanna do anything. call you during break! i just gotta think about that yk. i got this.

i dont know bubba. i dont know what to say. im just feeling down as hell recently and i dont know whatll help. fuck i forgot the uniform cause i was late. L for me. ill try and remember it tomorrow. theyre doing roadworks on whangaparaoa road again. the wieird stop go signs are back so i got off my bus this morning on the side of the road. was very odd but ultimately worked out because i didnt have to walk as far.

oh yeah! in a minute we have a lockdown drill so thats fun! half of geo is cut short because of it but i also have to move bc i sti right next to the window. annoying. i miss you so much bubba fucking hell.

ah! lockdown time, love you bubba. wake up soon!

-mads<3

[beepboop358]

Hello 💜

I watched stranger universe new video and she said that there was a behind the scenes picture of a birthday party and a boy with a clowns costume was there . She also said the surfer boy pizza van and maya hawke were spotted there . So maybe the secret message isn’t connected to Wills birthday ? I would love to see Wills birthday on screen but maybe it was this other boys birthday . But I think it would fit with the time that Wills birthday is on screen if march 22 is on Saturday . Idk haha so what do you think about that ?

( sorry ,I am not that good at English 😂)

Hello anon! ❤️

I just watched it too aha. It could be Will's birthday, but I think it might be someone else's... The pictures make me think it's not Will's birthday, and that it's maybe a character we haven't seen before 👀 My guess is that that this may be a vision/hallucination or someone's memory that they are watching through some upside down/Vecna's powers, because this event has some clue or some significance to the plot, or the person who's birthday it is an important part of the plot, and this event was important to their development, and explains something about what that person is doing now...

Ok so now there's two numbers going activated in reference to the Pizza Van, this one that plays the happy birthday piano tune is 805-457-4992 (805-45-PIZZA) and the other is a Reno, Nevada area code number: 775-387-4992 (775-38-PIZZA) that also has a piano tune, but it's much shorter and I can't figure out what it is LOL. In the video Stranger Universe suggest it may the birthday song backwards, which might be evidence for the idea that this birthday part is not real-time, and that it in fact is a hallucination/vision or someone's memory they are watching through Vecna's powers or some upside down related thing.

thanks for the ask! hope you're well xx

[hawkinslibrary]

i love hearing what you have to say about season 4!! i promise it’s not too long lol, anyway i have a question for you: what do you think the next season holds for mike & el? i’m a little worried tbh

ahhh thank you !! same rules apply: spoilers ahead, so please read no further and blacklist/filter out the ‘s4′, ‘st4′, ‘spoilers’ tags if you don’t want to see anything !! 

i’m going to talk about them both as individuals and as a pair but first, i have to say that i don’t personally feel like you have to worry about them breaking up or anything again this season. i think s4 is really going to establish romantic jopper and once that happens, i don’t see them, mileven, or jancy not being endgame unless someone actually dies. which -- i’m not going to think about the possibility of anyone dying until i’m forced to confront it, so. this is fiction and it’s already unrealistic and i’m gonna take my ‘everyone survives, happiness all around, time to relax’ endings and go. anyway, i would love to add lumax to this list but i honestly think it could go either way depending on what happens in s4. that’s a different essay, though.

i tend to think that the most important dynamic on the show is the one between the whole group and i just don’t really see them spending much more time trying to develop romantic relationships outside of the ones set up since s1/2. maybe steve, robin, and will get love interests, maybe they decide to develop dustin and suzie more, maybe suzie is never even mentioned again, idk. but these will probably all be secondary -- as in less screen time, not less important than the main romances, but probably still less developed. unless it happens to be a new person added to the main cast. which, as of now, the only new mains are brett and priah who has gone from recurring to regular. so.  

i think s3 showed how messy and complicated romantic relationships (or, really just relationships in general) can be. everyone was arguing, there was miscommunication all around, everyone thought they knew what was best, no one was seeing eye to eye. but when it comes down to it, they would do anything for each other. they understand each other better than anyone else ever could. i can’t see them spending another season on breakups and romance drama after the ending of s3.  

mike and el have already been separated once before. this time, mike knows for sure that she’s alive and that’s she’s with the byers. this time, el won’t be kept completely isolated away from everyone else. they’ve made plans to meet for the holidays. they can still call and talk to each other as much as they want. i’m hoping they handle being separated this time better than they did in s2. i don’t want mike to be moping and i don’t want el to spend a lot of the season thinking about how much she misses him. in fact, i think in their case that some distance could be good for them. the same for jancy and jopper, too, honestly. it’ll be nice to see them existing outside of these relationships while still acknowledging how important they are.   

as far as i know, the byers and el stuff has not started filming yet so all there is to speculate on are rumors, the audition tapes, and logical guesses about where the story goes after s3. el obviously moves away with the byers. we still don’t know where. she’ll still be mourning hopper and trying to figure out life without her powers. and, of course, she’ll be in a long distance relationship with mike. i think she’ll be having a hard time and she’ll wish that mike was around, but she’ll realize she’s got a pretty good support system around her now with the byers, too. i’m very, very excited for more joyce and el content particularly, but there’s gotta be some great scenes with her and will and jonathan as well. 

there’s only one audition tape that i can confidently tie into the byers + el plot(s?) and it’s the queen bee/mean girl character ‘angela’. if we’re running with the whole ‘there may be some truth to the audition vids’ thing, then this one teases that el will be going to school and that angela will be bullying her. this is something she would probably want to talk about with mike (b i g troy s1 vibes) but i don’t know if she actually would ? so this is probably more a thing that el and will could bond over or that she could talk about with joyce or maybe jonathan. i do think there will be at least a few calls between the two of them before the action really hits and the whole group is (hopefully...) reunited.

so, el -- at least in the beginning of s4 -- will be going to school where ‘angela’ bullies her, forming a bond with joyce + will + jonathan and becoming part of the family, mourning hopper (+ hopefully having conversations about him + his past with joyce), missing her friends back in hawkins, continuing to learn how to navigate life without her powers, and trying to maintain a long distance relationship with mike. 

mike... i’ve been seeing some wild theories about him today but they aren’t really that far-fetched i think. first, going back to the audition tapes, the ‘eddie’ audition i saw makes it seem like mike is going to be part of the hellfire club with dustin. i’ve recently learned that there’s another version of the scene where ‘eddie’ is only talking to dustin and mike might not be a part of the club after all. if he isn’t part of the club, then the basketball v. hellfire, jocks v. nerds thing turns into lucas v. dustin and mike’s probably there just caught in the middle while max is off distancing herself from everyone.

at this point, i really want mike and max to become good friends. i think the end of s3 gave them the perfect opportunity. s4 max has s2 mike vibes. it’s not the same situation at all, but he knows kinda what she’s feeling and they could connect through that + the fact that they’ll both be missing el. i also just really want... some wheeler siblings content. i’m hopeful that s4 gives us good nancy and mike scenes bc there’s no reason not to give us good nancy and mike scenes (+holly!). however...

while there’s proof that gaten and sadie and natalia and priah have all been filming since production restarted, and while i have reason to believe that caleb has been filming a lot inside/at the studio recently... there’s no evidence that finn has been on set. there’s none for maya and joe, either, but people have said that finn isn’t even in atlanta right now. maybe he is and maybe he just hasn’t been seen and maybe he’ll pop back up tomorrow. or, maybe he already filmed whatever he needed to film for hawkins before production stopped.  

the wild theory that’s popped up today is that everything gets to be too much for him in hawkins and he just... hops on a train to go visit el + the byers. i don’t know if i buy it, but it is interesting to note that he was sitting with them at the table read. and since we can guess that steve and robin will still be working at the video store, robin and nancy will be investigating pennhurst together, lucas and max may have some angst, joyce and murray are probably teaming up for the finding/saving hopper plot, and el is going to bond with will and jonathan, it seems like the order might mean a little something. i’d even bet that dustin and erica have scenes with them bonding over d&d.    

now this theory pretty much only exists because no one’s seen finn on set and one of the paps posted some pics of some trains. there’s also always theories about how there will be issues at home with the wheeler fam and if that’s going to happen, what better time than in s4 when all of his friends are pulling away and el’s gone again. so if he is missing el (and will) that much, and if he has any reason to worry about her and how she’s doing, or if the party becoming distant and issues at home are weighing on him and he feels like he needs to get away, he’s absolutely the type to venture off on a train by himself. i don’t know how it would work since he’s definitely supposed to still be in school and his friends/nancy at least would notice he’s gone, but.. it’s fun to think about and we’ve got zero actual content to go off of right now.  

another way i could see mike’s plot going is that he’s the one trying to keep the party together this season. playing mediator with lucas and dustin, becoming better friends with max, being the connection between the hawkins plot and the byers plot (along with nancy). 

there was also talk of him joining the track team bc the track has been set up with hawkins high colors for filming. but mike ‘this isn’t a stupid sports game’ wheeler? i don’t think so... basically, no one knows at the moment what’s happening with mike wheeler in s4 lol.

s4 mike is just like s4 byers fam -- a complete mystery to me currently. i don’t personally think that he’ll be leaving school and hopping on a train to visit el. i think he’ll be a part of the hellfire club with dustin, or that he won’t and instead will be attempting to keep the party from completely disbanding. i hope that we get wheeler siblings scenes and that max and mike have a breakthrough and become better friends. i also feel like he’ll be having some complicated feelings about hopper, the last interaction they had, etc. and, again, the whole long distance thing with el. 

so... mike and el broke up in s3. it was messy. but then they reconciled. and then hopper “died”. s3 ended with them at this weird place where she’s heard him say that he loves her and she’s told him that she loves him back. things are a little awkward in the scene bc everything has changed at this point, but a kiss, an ‘i love you’, planning to meet up on the holidays, and promising to call frequently all sounds like they’re back together and going to try making the long distance thing work to me. 

i think they’ll be together when s4 starts. i think that we’ll probably only see them talking on the phone or their radios for the first few eps. maybe we’ll see flashbacks or something to them being together on the holidays. the distance might be hard and they’re definitely going to be missing each other. like... el doesn’t have mike or hopper with her now and i’m thinking the party is going to be drifting apart, plus they’re both probably going to have other personal issues that have nothing to do with each other or the party. maybe they’ll be experiencing some emotional distancing of their own while dealing with the aftermath of hopper’s “death”, the move, and whatever’s going on with them at home and at school. i think that once they reunite (probably not until the last half of the season), they’re likely to be stronger than ever. 

now, onto personal theories that have zero basis. for some reason, i can’t get it out of my head that this season might dive into psychological horror a little bit ? like a greatest fears type of thing ?? and i keep thinking about brenner popping back up and using the people el loves to get to her or something and 👀👀 

[soap-stains]

"'It's cross-examination'? That offends me. Excuse me, I am clearly a male. I may sound like a teenage female and look like Sonic but I am a male, your Honor."

Yeah hey so fun fact, we're back! No one missed this, but she asked me to write stuff down again!

We're on Trial Day 2 of Rise from the Ashes! I haven't been making notes for the past two/three hours of playtime because I didn't want to be constantly grabbing at my phone.

Okay, so fun facts! She despises Ema more than Maya, and my voice for Ema is basically Peridot :'). The voice for Meekins is also really annoying, woo. This is also the first case where we've both looked at characters(Angel Starr, Officer Marshall, & Chief Gant) and went "ew, I don't like them." I also have Detective Goodman’s ID number memorized? 5842189

(insert picture of Edgeworth going "what the hell is that thing" because of the dancing Blue Badger)

i'm so god damn tired of watching this stupid blue badger video jfc

"This judge is stupider than Mia Fey." "You mean Maya?" "... I still can't get their names right. I meant Maya."

"I think I finally got this figured out!" "Wow, Phoenix. What a shocker, you figured something out. Nice job."

*cue us singing the Rubber Duckie song for some reason?*

"I'm... Confused." "What's new?"

"Mommy, is that man in blue a murderer?" "Shh, don't look at him." (Wrong color, kid...)

"I have only one thing to say to the defense." "I hate you. You're an idiot, you need to get out of my life."

"What's he up to?" "He doesn't usually help me. He may be my husband, but I'm a big boy who can do things for myself..."

"This isn't going to go well..." "No it is not! Haha, sucks to suck, Phoenix!"

Gosh dangit, Edgeworth! You prick! He tricked us >_>

"Well, Edgeworth, you're sleeping on the couch tonight! Or, just don't come home tonight, Edgeworth!"

"Dang, Phoenix getting bossy. What a surprise, I didn't know he could do that."

Awe Lana she so pretty but she's kind of a prick when she refuses to tell us stuff. But she got us the SL-9 case files, so she's chill rn I guess

"I've seen happier people at funerals!"

"Gumshoe's the only one I can tolerate, here." "Nevermind, leave now."

"Wow, Jake Marshall is so annoying. God I hate him."

"...Officer. If that even is your real title!" "It is." "...Ah."

"...Get one thing straight. You're not!" "Edgeworth would know that." "I... I guess you're right."

"[Officer Marshall] was cosplaying his favorite detective."

"Seems you're the one who couldn't take the dessert heat. Dessert. Desert? Dessert? Desert heat." "Woooow, great job." "ShUT UP."

"You're not getting any butts tonight!" (why she said this, I have no clue) *as Edgeworth* "Larry's not coming over tonight? Good."

"If you have a response- ahHHHH!" *screams in anime as I almost spill my doctor pepper can.* "Ahem, anyway... If you have a response, make it one word or less."

So I think we just figured out what happens? Idk, could be wrong, but we just made a whole solid scenario for what could've actually happened. I mean, Goodman's body was discovered(said to have died, more like) just after Edgeworth left his car; who's to say he wasn't already there?

*as Gumshoe* "...lodged deep in the stab wound. In fact, there were 28 of them!"

"At least he doesn't have a Blue Badger staring him in the soul."

"Scientifically speaking, I could've died!"

*to Edgeworth* "You need to set yourself straight." "...He can't." "Me neither, God he's so pretty-"

Sassworth.

"Word are hard." We're having a hard time speaking, it's,,, not fun

Gay tension.

As soon as Gumshoe said he'd work with us, she went "yes! Come on! You're less annoying than Maya or Ema, and that's saying something, so that's fine with me!"

"I prefer Maya over Ema."

*as Ema* "Scientifically speaking, I'll always be your sister! Even though there was that one time where I almost got murdered!"

We just sang 'Congratulations' from Hamilton in Edgeworth's voice. I can't believe we did that. Wow. I'm disappointed in us.

Rise From the Ashes has been concluded! We took several screenshots of Lana and/or Ema because they're so god damn adorable together sjdbfkbricgd

We started Justice for All, and she already hates Maggey. Woohoo.

"Can we please get Edgeworth back? Please?" oop she doesn't know yet lmao-

[rivalsforlife]

your iris defense au is so interesting!! and i was wondering if u have any thoughts on how fey family related cases would play out if they happened at all (like turnabout sisters, reunion and turnabout, bridge, etc), and how iris's relationship with maya and pearl would be?

Ah thank you!! I have. vague ideas? but nothing super concrete. Mostly this is just how I would write them if I were to write a fic, because then I’d want them to be at least a little different than usual so that it wouldn’t be boring.

For Turnabout Sisters, I’d think Mia would have re-introduced Iris to the family before this all happened, so she already knows Maya. And also I think Iris would learn how to drive if she lived in the city, so she picks up Maya at the train station, meaning they both arrive to discover Mia’s body together - which definitely throws a wrench in White’s plans, since he was planning to frame Maya, but now Maya has an airtight alibi. So he pins the blame on April May instead, and she kind of... goes with it, because going to prison is safer than crossing White.

Iris thinks something’s fishy and ends up defending her, and it could lead to some interesting contrast between April May’s relationship with Redd White and her own relationship with Dahlia -- maybe April owed White something, idk, she’s really not given any depth in canon so I can play around with it a bit, and she feels indebted to him and so willing to take the blame. Edgeworth of course would handle the prosecution differently so that her ice-coffee alibi is discredited. At the end of the second investigation day (I don’t know if she’d go confront White directly or not, honestly, but still) White decides to shift the blame onto both Maya and Iris, to invalidate both their alibis, and say that they teamed up to kill Mia together. And the court system goes with this despite the shaky evidence because White has so much control. Mia still gets channeled to resolve this, and/or April threatens to release dirt on White as her own little character arc thing. We’re just going to give minor characters development I guess! Anyways White still goes to prison. April goes to prison too for the wiretapping and stuff, but for a shorter time.

Uhh Reunion and Turnabout. I think that Morgan and Iris’s relationship would still be a little... strained. We do know Morgan planned on killing Dahlia when she went to prison so it’s not looking great for Iris here, though I don’t think Morgan would focus on her when her priority is getting rid of Maya. I feel like the case would go similarly to canon, but with more of a focus on Morgan and Iris’s relationship - maybe Iris would be more reluctant to accept Morgan’s role in the murder, she is her mother after all, but if Dahlia could do it so could Morgan, kind of.

And Iris’s relationship with Pearl... I think Iris would have a lot of doubts re: being a good sister, considering her only sisterly relationship didn’t turn out well. And Pearl would still be influenced by Morgan, who would probably encourage her to stay away from Iris. But as the case progresses, Pearl would start to trust Iris, even if maybe not as fast as in canon. (There’s no “Mystic Maya’s special someone” thing here, obviously!) Yeah so basically similar to canon but with more focus on familial Fey relationships.

Bridge to the Turnabout... definitely needs an Iris vs Dahlia confrontation at some point, to showcase Iris’s character growth throughout the hypothetical series, so she can properly stand up to her sister. There’s also the problem of the murder itself - without Iris, Godot may not have an accomplice. I don’t think Bikini would participate in this or be good at hiding it... So when the bridge burns down, Misty’s body is stuck on the Inner Temple side. This delays the murder investigation quite a bit and would probably have a whole new host of problems - maybe Maya gets accused right from the outset? Godot’s whole Thing in canon re: not confessing right away is partially to test Phoenix, and I’m not sure if he would have the same complex regarding Iris. But I guess Iris being Dahlia’s double makes up for it, at least in part.

I’ve entertained the thought of channeled!Dahlia pushing Iris into the river. Maybe Iris hears from Bikini that she was just seen heading to the Inner Temple, puts the pieces together, and chases after Dahlia. This would probably be before the bridge burns out, so Dahlia-Misty can make it across. There’s no Larry there at the time Iris falls, so Iris does a last-minute call to whoever she last called, who for some reason is Edgeworth, which concerns him and gets him over to Japanifornia for the trial. (He sends Gumshoe to investigate the situation - maybe Iris gave him a location in her call - and he’s the one who finds her and saves her life, though she’s in direr condition than Phoenix because medical services weren’t utilized as early. She survives, though.) Then there can be some fun stuff about Dahlia-Maya “participating” in the investigation as “Iris” and using the opportunity to hunt down Maya, again not knowing she’s being channeled by Maya. There are a few problems with that though, mostly how long this could go without being caught, how to keep Pearl away (because if Dahlia saw Pearl she might figure it out), how anyone wouldn’t notice that Iris here is healthily investigating and not in the hospital like she should be... and the problem with essentially officially trying Maya in absentia. I mean it’s fic we could probably get away with an Investigations-style thing where it doesn’t go to court, but.

And of course Iris recovers in time for the last day so she can actually confront Dahlia, wrapping things up nicely. ... That’s all I really have haha.

[doyelikehaggis]

I 100% blame you for getting me into the Kizzie ship and lowkey thought I was the only one thinking Lizdon (is that the ship name? idk) could be cute so can I ask for both for the ship game?

I tried to answer this yesterday, but something went wrong, so I'm so sorry it's taken me this long! I take full responsibility for getting you into Kizzie as a ship, and I'm so glad that you like Lizdon as well! No clue if that's their ship name! But it's the one everyone seems to use fot them so I'm going with it. Thank you so much for asking for them for Ship Ask Game Thingamabob! I've done Kizzie in this post and Lizdon in a separate one just because it'll make it easier!

Who hogs the duvet: Both of them. It's like a game of tug of war in the middle of the night, because they both want the duvet, and they're both cold. Eventually, when an elbow accidentally goes flying, Kaleb pulls Lizzie close to him, and oh, why the hell did neither of them think to just...cuddle? The duvet stays over both of them from then on.

Who texts/rings to check how their day is going: They both call every now and then, just seeing how they're doing, especially when one of them is that the school while the other isn't. Kaleb's gotten inti the habit of sending Lizzie a string of emojis for her to figure out what he's trying to say, both infuriating and amusing her.

Who's the most creative when it comes to gifts: To start out with, it's Lizzie. Eventually, it turns into a competition to see if they can outdo the other on creativity. They both just secretly enjoy seeing the other's face when they see the end result and how much love and thought went into it. They like to pretend it's a competition, but they both end up winning.

Who gets up first: Kaleb likes to sleep, alright? It's relaxing and peaceful and all-around good for the soul. Lizzie would like sleep if she was actually good at it. But her brain just switched back on in the middle of the night and then she's been awake since 4 am because she can't get back to sleep. So, technically, Lizzie.

Who suggests new things in bed: Lizzie, for sure, but it's rare and never anything all that out there. Kaleb has a vast knowledge of things, but he just never really pays them much mind because it's not important to him, you know? He mainly just likes the glint that Lizzie gets in her eyes.

Who cries at movies: Both of them and neither of them are afraid to admit it. Movies were made to make you feel things, and they are all in fot the experience, alright? So, if it's an emotional movie, they're gonna cry. Although, Lizzie will never Kaleb forget that he cried during the Wizards of Waverley Place movie, just as he won't let her forget that she cried at the new Batman when Bruce's parents died despite knowing it was coming.

Who gives unprompted massages: Both of them, but Kaleb a little more often. He doesn't say anything, just reaches out and rubs her shoulder or her leg depending on what she seems to be moving with a slight wince every now and then. She happily returns the favour, especially after a game.

Who fusses over the other when they're sick: Lizzie would fuss if Kaleb ever actually got sick. On rare occasions when he accidentally comes into contact with vervain and is healing slowly, she'll take care of him until it's all out of his system. When she gets sick, she can be a bit dramatic, and Kaleb rolls his eyes and smiles and stays with her all day and night.

Who gets jealous easiest: Neither of them, really. Lizzie expected to get at least a little jealous every now and then considering Kaleb's growing popularity at the school, but she just doesn't. They trust each other and nothing else matters.

Who has the most embarrassing taste in music: Lizzie, probably. I can imagine Kaleb having really good taste in music, while Lizzie's probably into some weird genre that might actually be super popular in the 2030s.

Who collects something unusual: The thing that they collect aren't really unusual, per se. Lizzie has little souvenirs and trinkets she's picked up while with her mom scattered throughout her side of the room, from strange, bewitched snow globes to music boxes that are supposed to bring comfort.

Who takes the longest to get ready: Both of them, although Lizzie says it's cheating when Kaleb uses his super speed to rush through everything, even though it still takes him the same amount of time as it it takes for her to finish examining different outfit options with magic.

Who is the most tidy and organised: They're both fairly organized, but Kaleb a little more than Lizzie. He's used to things being tidy, and it just doesn't bother her to have a few items of clothing here and there like it bothers Kaleb.

Who gets most excited about the holidays: Just like pretty much every other answer I've given, both of them. They both love the snow, and walking into town wrapped in scarfs just to annoy Landon at the Grill, and just the general festive feeling.

Who is the big spoon/little spoon: Kaleb is the big spoon, Lizzie is the little spoon. For reasons. It's comfortable and secure and they both like it.

Who gets most competitive when playing games or sports: They're both fairly competitive people, but Lizzie can go a little overboard when it comes to certain things.

Who starts the most arguments: Lizzie, without a doubt. It's her personality and attitude combined with people generally being wrong, in her opinion. Kaleb usually manages to pull her away from it and calm her down enough for the whole thing not to explode.

Who suggests that they buy a pet: Neither of them. They both like animals, but they just don't want one.

What couple traditions do they have: They don't really do traditions, but they always watch a bunch of old movies the day before Kaleb has to go home for the break and Lizzie goes with her mom.

What tv shows do they watch together: They've gotten into watching weird shows so that they can laugh at them, like Supernatural and Stranger Things, only to get obsessed with them. They also love a good true crime show, the one's where they look into the mind of a famous killer. They may have a soft spot for Friends despite how old and weird it is, and for Dolly Parton's show on Netflix.

What other couples do they hang out with: Josie and Hope, Landon and MG, Kym and Maya (because why the hell not?)

How they spend their time together as a couple: Just hanging out around the school and town. Study dates, sometimes at the Old Mill, without the Chill. Going for walks, a lot of the time out of town. Teaming up when they're hunting Malivore monsters, because damn it, if they're going to save the world, it's going to be romantic.

Who made the first move: I can genuinely see both of them making the first move. Kaleb would be all calm and cool about it, unless Lizzie said something that threw him off and made him flustered, and then technically it would be Lizzie making the first move because she's caught on, and she likes him, and she is sticking with her philosophy of positivity and going after what she wants, and she wants Kaleb.

Who brings flowers home: They both like to make fun of romance movies and all the cliches, so when Kaleb appears in her room with flowers, it's an inside joke that makes Lizzie's heart skip and her face heat up and makes him a little proud that he got her to smile like that. And when she uses magic to fill his entire room with his favourite flowers, her happiness at him being genuinely speechless and looking at her with wide eyes full of adoration, it's just because it's a fun joke between them.

Who is the best cook: Kaleb. Hands down. And he will insist on it no matter how much Lizzie tries to argue.

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

Museum of Mayhem Art Analysis

ahhh it’s finally here and it’s AWESOME. Lots of credit to @ifalnasminiatures for bringing this to my attention! Also credit to Hayder Hype for providing (nat zero six on gearbox forums) sources (Ashley Landry on twitter) in the description of his video because oh man it’s a lot

you can view most of these art pieces on the borderlands instagram as well

lots to talk about especially regarding the calypso twins so let us dive right in

tl;dr: tyreen has a weird red marking on her face in some old designs. i think troy used to be blind and missing his metal plates. more proof for my elpis/chemical sludge/lost legion theory that the twins are using said chemical sludge to give their followers psuedo-siren powers bc a dahl pumping station (hyperion pumping stations on pandora) but dahl had a presence on the moon

one of my favorites, it reminds me a lot of the Mask of Mayhem, but for villains.

Punk Girl is shown again twice, probably further proving she’s tied in with the CoV somehow

we also got some crazy looking villains such as

baby face. which is all kinds of extremely fucked up

this dude who looks like he could be a miniboss with the glasgow smile and the cool goggles

this guy who i legitimately thought was dr zed for a hot second there

could it be

the evilest brother?? pfft nahhh

this girl who seems like she could be a unique character with a baseball cap. wondering if maybe she’s related to Punk Girl in any way. What’s the verdict on the other band members? 🤔

uhh let’s give it a solid maybe and move on

this piece! very interesting to me

so, the very first thing i noticed is zane’s eye patch being on the other eye lol

amara’s tattoos are also gone, however that might’ve been for reasons similar to the japanese cover art of the game. 

most interestingly is a point @ifalnasminiatures made and it’s that the calypso twins are actually palette swapped! you can see Troy is the one with the white hair and Ty is the one with the darker hair. which I think mayyy play into a few things we see later about the twins

we also see a tiny ship in the background. i can’t tell if that’s sanctuary-iii or the blue/yellow ship, it all blends together a lot due to the quality of the pic. but it is next to the calypso twins, which makes me want to believe it’s the blue/yellow ship we see with red markings all over it. you know this one from the mural of mayhem wallpapers

you can see the reddish markings on the back right next to the engines

then we have ummm

this cover art

😬

thanks for not using this one gearbox cuz 

oh my god

she just reminds me of suicide squad, that’s not a good image you wanna dredge up from the deep recesses of your fans’ brains

she might be a unique character given the clothes/hair? cuz you don’t normally see psychos with stilettos on. or yknow, shoes in general. the hair also seems way to clean and neat to be a psycho/cultist

i just feel uncomfortable looking at this, so moving on

a different logo. also not my favorite cover art, but at least im not physically uncomfortable looking at this. that poor girl’s pelvis... anyway

lots of silhouettes

interestingly, i feel like the roses might have been a thing they just put in for the new cover art. haven’t seen hide nor hair of them across any of the pictures i’ve seen.

we got a lot of figures. out of them i most definitely recognized amara, salvador, maya, another salvador?, zer0, moze (maybe?), and axton. i thiiink one of them is maya as well, but im not 100% on that. 

i can guess why they didn’t pick this one: it’s hard to tell who’s who. a lot of these poses make the silhouettes kinda hard to see and the merging together at the bottom makes things even worse. i do think it’s interesting there are some bl2 characters on here as well, but hayder hype mentioned they very well could be placeholders, and given that i can’t make out fl4k or zane, im inclined to believe him.

this art which was used during the promo for this event

rip elpis i guess LMAO

a better look at the psycho himself from the promo released by the borderlands twitter.

there’s a new red planet which hasn’t been shown off before, looks like a gassy planet kinda like jupiter, but interestingly it has this green crack in the side?

very reminiscent of pandora’s eridium scar. i am wondering if this is because this planet had a vault opened, or if it is tied to the Eridians at all. be interesting if it was their homeworld.

also i have no idea what the symbolism is in the homeworld destroying another planet but maybe we shouldn’t think about it too hard e_e

the other planet that’s being destroyed... idk fellas

it doesn’t match up to me but like, this is only one shot

i don’t know 🤔 if you really squint, maybe you can see that hint of purple at the bottom there?

here

tbh, i thought this was elpis the first time i saw it due to the cracks, but i figured elpis doesn’t have like continents across its surface, just craters. and wayyy more cracks.

so it’s probably not pandora and it’s probably not elpis.

huh...

i do think the actual shot is suspended above promethea, you can see the familiar asteroid belt surrounding it

there’s also a planet in the background,

which i imagine isn’t pandora bc no eridian scar

could be elpis or eden-6, or the 5th planet we don’t know about. i kinda get the feeling the 5th planet may be that gaseous red planet tho. which is probably going to be super weird to traverse now that i think about it. they said oz kits weren’t coming back, right? i wonder how that would work. hmmmm

there’s also this redder planet here which i actually DO think is Pandora. if you squint real hard u can see the purple from the eridian scar. plus the color matches up pretty well with the pictures provided above.

there’s also these two bodies over in the corner where the light is coming from. i can’t tell what they’re supposed to be

there are also these little dudes in the top right

i assume they’re maliwan? they remind me a lot of the maliwan drop ship things that fly overhead when you enter promethea

YESSS okay this is the start of some PRETTY WILD twin stuff

troy: missing his tattoos, blind in one eye, has a weird mark above his eyebrow. also, no metal bits!

Tyreen!!! with a red stripe across her left cheek going up to her eye??? no tattoos on her left arm as far as we can see, but that might be for marketing reasons (she’s also covering up part of her bicep). she’s also missing her coat and chains and wearing a different glove.

we also have a bunch of bl2 VHs taking up space. again i think hayder hype is right in that they’re simply placeholders. not much else to say, but 

this trend of Tyreen having red markings on her face and Troy being blind in an eye (or both) actually continues through a fair amount of these posters!!!

more cover art. one of my least favorites again... i just think it looks like the psycho is puking out the VHs. also, seems to be an older version of the psycho mask.

fl4k seems to be less rendered than the rest of the cast? like they have less detail, especially on their coat

also you can see an older looking space shuttle up at the top, which reminds me a lot of the one we use in TFTBL to get to helios. except less caravanny and more rockety

the splatter also reminds me of siren powers, with the purple and the glitter. it’s cool that it’s showing a different shot than what’s behind it. maybe a hint to siren powers because it’s sort of like a portal.

more puke! 

this time troy is blind in both eyes it seems,

tyreen seems to still have a mark on the left side of her face, im wondering if this ties into her scars at all? it doesn’t seem as prominent as the previous red mark.

Zane seems to have an actual eye patch instead of his more high-tech eye patch, which reminds me a lot of the leaked character concepts from like january i wanna say

amara seems to be dual wielding lol i wonder if originally that was going to be one of her 3 skills but then they were like “wait salvador. wait. nisha. FUC-”

also fl4k is being obscured by this weird saturn-like planet. let them be free!

moze is missing, the saturn like planet shows up 2 times total, and that blue/yellow ship is seen again behind troy

as for the purple stuff? you already know my theory that the twins are going to be using the chemical sludge on elpis to empower their followers. it could also just be straight eridium/slag. you know, like the testing from the WEP with bloodwing and even krieg. we’ll have to see. it would be interesting if they tied krieg into the story through there.

i do lowkey think it’s chemical sludge though, because some of it is actually glowing blue in places, you can see it clearly below amara’s feet. maybe some tie in to siren powers cuz they glow the same blueish color. who knoooows not i

big shot of this psycho here, looks like he’s crumbling. 

i really like the 4 VHs standing at the base with the elongated shadows. very dark vibes from this tho, probably not suitable for the series as a whole. i can see why maybe they decided not to do it. 

i wonder if we’ll see this giant psycho statue somewhere on pandora. it would certainly be a sight to behold. 

also i kinda wish we had cloaks like the concept art shows. cloaks are cool

more sketchy art. this one is also kinda strange, i definitely get why they decided not to go thru with it.

possibly tie-in with the ‘mother’ imagery we get on the propaganda signs across pandora.

lmfao the foot

very bl2 like, im glad they didn’t stick with this. i like that they decided to change things up

troy seems to be blind and also missing his metal implants on his face. his jacket also looks a lot different, it looks more like tyreen’s with the spikes and stuff across it. we also can’t see his metal arm at all, tho we do see his sword! which looks a lot different, im glad they decided to revamp it to be more visually interesting lol

tyreen is more interesting to me. it looks like her right arm has like a silver coating over it? unless that is a metal arm as well. she also is wearing a different kind of glove. her tattoos are missing as well, but again, it’s probably because of the cover art. her scars also definitely seem to have reached her left cheek at some point.

zane also looks a lot different, tho amara, moze, and fl4k look about the same.

another shot of the ship, this one is definitely the blue/yellow one. there’s gotta be some significance with that, right? either we’re getting skins for sanc-iii, we’re going to be painting it a new color, or it’s a different ship.

what the HECK

maybe the twins stole sanc-ii and we’re using sanc-iii. idek. this ship is driving me up a wall lol

gun head.

not a lot to say here. i actually like this one lol it’s very mellow and straight to the point. it’s nice that the logo is right in the middle, not at the top like most of them.

game. buy it. okay? cool.

similar to the other background we did, a bit different. again, like @ifalnasminiatures pointed out, the twins are actually palette swapped here. 

Zane also has the old eyepatch on his right eye instead of his left eye, and his jacket is black instead of blue. fuckin’ edgelord.

one of my favorite ones out of all of them. it’s beautiful, i really wish they had kept it. Fl4k is missing but i assume they were meant to go next to Amara? i also think it’s interesting Moze is in the front, as I took Amara to be the leader this time around. Zane is also an older design, with the eyepatch back on his left eye again (starting to think this is an aesthetic thing lol) and a black jacket instead of blue.

We see the twins on the top. Tyreen has that mark on her face again, and Troy is the same as the last few covers.

We also see Maya, Zer0, and for some reason Brick? Which is weird to me considering we have a few other characters who initially feel much for important to the story (cough Lilith cough), but I’m not complaining. 

the purple splatters again make me think this is a tie in to eridium/slag/elpis’s chemical sludge. i also like the logo being worked into the design instead of just thrown on top, i think that’s a nice detail

i couldn’t find a great shot of this poster which is a shame because it’s one of my favorites

a lot of baddies to go around on here. i love the dude up top, he reminds me of the Anchormen from the captain scarlett dlc in bl2!

these dudes

we can see Punk Girl on the left again

and this guy who appears to be in some medieval armor

i have no idea what’s going on there but i am EXCITED

i’ve been thinking and tbh i think the multiple planets thing was just an excuse for gearbox to go absolutely ham on the character designs/settings. 

i mean why should they have to hold back all their medieval armor designs for another dlc like tiny tina’s? all their pirate/sea-fairing designs for a pirate dlc? fuck it! go WILD. i think they did, anywho

there’s also this post which... tbh i can’t make out much at all. again, seems like an older psycho mask design. it looks like there are characters in the splatter on the bottom left, but it’s very hard to tell who’s who, especially at this angle and image quality lol

if we get a better shot later on i may return to this piece and try to figure things out!

we also have this piece which is giving me huge ‘Happy Together’ vibes. very trippy

moze looks like she’s using an untextured atlas gun? dunno what’s going on with that tbh lol

i really like this one too. it’s cool. i get why maybe they wanted to go a little crazier tho, feels too simplistic for the MAYHEM vibe they’re going for.

oof! can we get an F in chat for whatever planet/moon this is

lots of pink floyd vibes going on here as well

we see a different looking blue/yellow ship flying away from the explosion. it seems to missing a lot of the parts that make sanc-iii so recognizable including the engines/wings

i like the destruction vibe they’re going for here, really sells the “universe destroying power” the twins are supposedly going to get. 

anyway, in addition to the cover art pieces, we also got a few concept art pieces as well!

this bit which looks like a gun

you see the aiming mechanism up there? you see how it’s aimed at that planet/moon? yeah i 100% timed this so you’d see the above concept art with this immediately after :P (im kidding i didn’t but hey now you don’t have to scroll)

fuck yeah babey

we also have seen something similar to this in the gameplay trailer!

i didn’t actually think it was a giant fucking GUN tho. can we get an F in chat for Promethea and/or whatever else this thing gets aimed at

yooo

i thought this was opportunity at first cuz of the bridge but it’s more likely promethea

when u go meet zer0 you can see some water surrounding the city so i would guess this is somewhere else on promethea

im mostly interested in the giant fuckin triangle in the middle of that courtyard looking area

oh also the giant trench of destruction on the right there. that’s probably important, too.

more concept art!

i think the bottom of the 4 VHs is actually what was leaked in january.

some art of the twins on the left there, tyreen is so much shorter than troy omfg

and this does indeed looks to be a younger version of angel so credit to @prettypinkdork for mentioning that on my angel post. it is nice to see those tech-y wings in action, definitely does prove it’s her.

we can also see this art of what i think is Punk Girl, which is interesting to me because she looks to be doing something with her right hand. possible siren powers? maybe! 

we also get a much cooler, bigger version of that maliwan ship people were talking about, with what look to be maliwan... eye bots? surrounding it. this is soooo fuckin awesome to me because it reminds me of a sailboat. and airships are fucking COOL

but something interesting is that i don’t think this ship was actually always maliwan

we got an A in the back here... for Atlas? i mean... you know it’s coming... the colors would match up. Yeahhhhhhh...

more interesting is that it actually looks like maliwan covered it up with their flags/tarps. i would not be surprised if this was claimed by maliwan possibly during the takeover.

a cyclone, with a whole fuckin lot of detail. just... holy shit.

not much else to say here though. i like the stuffed animal on the side, though

a better shot of jakobs manor which holy shit looks badass as fuck

big turret/observation thing on the right there? im not sure

pretty sure this is eden-6. also more tropical trees? possibly a water planet? but maybe just ocean on eden-6. also there seems to be like webbing on whatever is on the road, so maybe some spider-like wildlife?

most important to me is this

yeah i would bet that’s eridium/slag/the chemical sludge from elpis

im pretty convinced this is something on elpis mostly because the DAHL logo on the side. which again, they were on pandora yes but they were mining for iridium not eridium. if this was pandoran pumping stations, that would be hyperion.

i do think this is elpis. and i do think the twins are using the chemical sludge that mutated the lost legion into those fake siren things to give their followers superpowers.”holy holy holy” indeed.

this, plus the rakk wings on the psycho in the mask of mayhem are just convincing me more and more

that’s all for now folks. i gotta run

[purplesurveys]

729

What was the last kind thing that someone did for you? Over dinner I complained under my breath that it was hot and uncomfortable, but my dad picked up on it and readjusted the electric fan so that it would be little more pointed at my direction. Do you know anyone whose birthday was yesterday? John Cena, if he counts lol.  Tell me about the strangest dream you've had recently (if you can remember) Most of them have been sooo weird recently. The last vivid one I can remember involved Ed and Rosemarie from the TLC show 90 Day Fiance because I was watching their episode before I took that nap hahaha. I dreamt they got married and some people from my high school were invited ksksksks so weird. When was the last time you laughed at yourself? Why? There was an unfamiliar (and kinda large) bird that flew over me and my mom here at the rooftop and I completely panicked and ran for the stairs. We had a good laugh about it afterwards because we sounded so stupid screaming.  Name one of your favourite foods that starts with the letter 'A'. Does it have to be in English? I really like alimango, which is just crab in English. I’ve tried racking my brain for English words but the closest thing to being a ‘favorite’ of mine is avocado, but I only like it when it’s incorporated in other dishes, like cheesecake.

Who was the last person you text messaged? Have you ever seen him/her cry? Angela’s mom - I thanked her when she sent me a birthday greeting. I’ve never seen her cry but I’d be heartbroken if I did; she’s one of the kindest people I know. When was the last time you updated your Facebook status? I only make statuses when I give a birthday shoutout to a loved one, so the last time I did my own post was for my dad back in January. But as for stuff I post in general, I shared a news article literally a minute ago. How many likes/comments did it get? Hasn’t gotten any yet. Do you know anyone named Angela? My best friend is named this. I also used to have a friend we called Angel, but ever since she migrated to Toronto she apparently started going by Angela so her too I guess. When was the last time you felt confused? Why? An hour-ish ago. I was left really confused by that foreign-looking bird because we only ever get to see maya literally everywhere I am in the Philippines. How many lipsticks do you own? What colour is your favourite lipstick? I don’t have any kind of lipstick. Have you eaten any kind of dessert today? I had a slice of cheesecake; it was also the last slice :( Have you ever liked someone whose name started with 'C'? Nope. What colour eyes did they have? Do you know anyone who has an unusual pet? No. The most exotic ones I can remember are Michelle’s cockatiel, Moonmoon, and a super super past friend who used to have a snake, who I think was named after a wrestler. How old are you? Do you think you look younger/older than your actual age? I’m 22 but I def look younger. I’m always the friend that gets asked for an ID. Who was the last person you talked to, whose name started with 'J'? My sister. How did you meet him/her? She...was brought to the house, where I was waiting, after she was born? Do you have a friend named Hannah? What colour hair does she have? Yup, I have a close friend. Last time I saw her it was dyed a very very light brown, almost blonde. Name 3 of your best friend's favourite foods. It’s impossible to guess Angela’s because she’s That Friend who says “anything is fine” when asked where she wants to eat lmao, and she really is always happy with whatever restaurant we end up picking so I’m guessing she likes all the food. I know Gabie likes albondigas, Yabu katsu, and any kind of pasta. When was the last time you had mixed emotions/feelings? Why? This morning when I found out our lockdown has been extended until May 15. I was ok with the extra time at home but I was also no longer ok with the extra time at home. Idk, it’s a weird feeling overall. How far away is the person you love/like? 15 minutes if I drive as fast as much as I feel restless to see her. Maybe 25-30 minutes if I drive more carefully. It’s a little comforting - and poetic - though that I live in the lower part of the city and having a rooftop allows me to see the higher portion, so whenever I miss her I just gaze at the peak of the mountain, where she lives.

What was the last thing you put in the bin? The sachet of 3-and-1 coffee I opened to make the cup of coffee currently beside me. Can you remember the last time you had a sudden change of mind? I was feeling okay and a bit playful this afternoon but for some reason both of my parents snapped at me at the same time, so it effectively destroyed my mood and I stormed to my room, as hot as it gets in the afternoon, and slept for the next 5 hours. Have you paid anyone a compliment today? Who? I don’t think so. When was the last time you had butterflies? Why? Yesterday. Gonna be a bit of a story but here we go - I was surprised to see my girlfriend’s dad send a friend request on Facebook (we’ve been friends for a while now) so I figured he pressed the wrong buttons, unfriended me, and just added me again so I thought nothing of it and accepted the request. Told Gab about it shortly after and she said it was a spam account pretending to be him and told me to unfriend it immediately. I’ve heard enough of spam accounts getting private information off of unknowing people, so that’s Butterflies Part 1 for me because the damage had already been done with me adding him.

Anyway minutes after, his dad messages me and says there’s an account pretending to be him and if I already accepted the friend request, I had to unfriend it immediately. DUMB MOVE ON MY END but I replied, thanking him for the heads up and told Gabie “I talked to him, everything’s ok!” and then Gabie gave me Butterflies Part 2 when she said “...are you serious? Are you even sure it’s him?” so I started panicking because I thought I took the bait and I started thinking about all my private shit already being taken lmao. So I deleted the message and asked Gabie how I could prove if it’s the real Dad, so she said to check the profile and thankfully the account that messaged me was her dad so it was a false alarm hahahaha. Tl;dr, I would do AWFUL in a scam. Is there anything you hope will happen in the near future? For the virus to disappear, for the lockdown to end, for my unemployment/job-hunting anxiety to end.

[aibafiles]

trials & tribulations thoughts

the recency of tgwdlm meant i was thinking about this song throughout the whole game. anyways

i finished the game earlier this afternoon and wow that was a ride!! i did a short post after jfa but since i took a year-long gap between cases 3 & 4 of that game my memory wasn’t as fresh and i didnt necessarily have as much to say, so this time i’ll put it under a cut and keep it a bit more... organized?

turnabout memories

basically this case fuckin slaps. easily the strongest opening case so far, having it be a flashback is a good excuse for a tutorial case without... yknow... whatever that amnesia nonsense in jfa was. mia is awesome, college phoenix is adorable, dahlia... is dahlia. i knew going in that she was Not A Good Person so i’m glad they got that out right off the bat so it wasn’t like a huge spoiler lmao

also, it’s a classic ace attorney two-in-one case! those are always fun. anyways, this one was pretty straightforward, i felt like i was usually a few steps ahead of the game in putting the case together, but not so far that it was frustrating

the stolen turnabout

right so i’m just gonna put this out there: i love ron and desiree delite. they’re valid as fuck. ok thanks

this one genuinely threw me for a loop cause i went “whoa, a non-murder case??” and then, no just kidding, it’s a murder! but the way the two cases (the theft and the murder) played off each other, the double jeopardy rule, using one crime as an alibi for the other, all that was really neat

also, someone please get larry some respect women juice

sidenote: i called godot’s identity pretty much immediately, and i think i might have been influenced by some spoilers i’d seen in the past, but it was a long time ago and i don’t remember exactly what i saw? it’s hard to say. but between the coffee thing and the “i’ve returned from the depths of hell” bit i was onto him real fast

recipe for turnabout

okay. this case felt like the one real weak spot in this game tbh? i didn’t hate it but i had some... problems. here’s some stuff i really liked, to start:

viola. everything about her, really

the whole phony phoenix wright confusion

computer virus stuff

the way the murder reenactment kinda cracks the whole case open (the way phoenix reached that conclusion maybe not so much, but w/e)

bluffing at the end

maggey good

anyways. parts of this case were kinda? exhausting? victor kudo’s testimony kinda just seemed to drag on and lead nowhere for a long time until it’s ruled inconclusive... only for phoenix to suddenly go ‘actually, he was telling the truth, and he saw a fake version of the murder!’ which is interesting in and of itself, but it felt like a weird roundabout way to get there and i wasn’t following all the leaps of logic.

i wasn’t really all that into the maggey/gumshoe subplot either, like, it was fine, but it didn’t feel entirely necessary to me? whatever i guess

also armstrong being the effeminate gay man making everyone uncomfortable and that being played for humor was... not great.

turnabout beginnings

i felt uneasy for a lot of this case, knowing it ended badly somehow... and boy it sure did.

still, cool seeing young edgeworth (and how he was... taking after von karma. hm). also i have to wonder how that diego reveal plays if you’re not expecting it

as for the case itself... tbh there were a lot of points i got kinda tripped up on, i felt like you were using certain pieces of evidence a LOT? but it was interesting. anyways on to the big one

bridge to the turnabout

holy shit yall i have emotions

i absolutely loved how this brought together basically every major character and plot thread - the fey clan, DL-6, dahlia, diego armando, franziska’s return, just. fucking. everything. it’s all connected

some things i knew going in b/c spoilers (maya channeling dahlia), some things i just guessed early on (elise = misty), some things i had no fucking clue about (basically everything w/r/t iris, her family situation, godot being the killer), but regardless it was a hell of a ride. this track being everywhere was nice too

list in no particular order because there’s so much i wanna gush about:

dumbass phoenix rushing to save maya and falling in the fucking river. what did you think would happen? seriously though, i love their friendship and i, too, would cross a burning bridge for maya fey

PLAYING AS EDGEWORTH! it was a neat change of pace, and seeing him get a taste of things from phoenix’s side was nice. also his reaction to the psyche-locks

franziska von karma babey!!!!! thats my wife

search ~ core 2002 being all over the trial because i’m not over the first time i heard that in justice for all

my narumitsu ass was living for this entire case honestly. working together!! miles’s concern for phoenix after The Bridge Incident!! phoenix being worried about him after the earthquake!! phoenix knowing he felt awful for letting iris slip away and being reluctant to bring it up in court! “i leave the rest in your capable hands... partner” IM THRIVING

godot’s ringtone

first day of trial being prosecutor v prosecutor and the second being defense attorney v defense attorney. idk how intentional that was. but it was neat

i have mixed feelings on him as, like, a person, but godot is an interesting character, and i figured he had to tie into it somehow but it completely slipped my mind that he could be the killer until maya’s testimony. so that was fun

everyone roasting larry’s sketch. the court record describing it as “horrible”

i love maya fey so much yall. i just wanna wrap her up in a blanket and give her some hot cocoa. she deserves the world. i may or may not have teared up a bit when she finally recovered and started her testimony and just looked. so drained after everything. that’s my girl

i think i’m done but long story short i loved this case and just about everyone in it. edgeworth and maya in particular just fuckin reached through the screen and latched the fuck on to my heart. good case

also... i’m still kinda sorting out my thoughts on iris? i liked her for sure, she was interesting, but there’s, like, a lot to unpack with her relationship with dahlia and phoenix and it’s. it’s a lot.

THIS GOT LONG LKDFGLDKF anyways GOOD GAME. probably my favorite of the trilogy? yeah. turnabout sisters still makes me emotional

[askaceattorney]

(The Links in the Letter) -- Strong Language Warning in the first one

Dear James CyberLink,

Great!  Here’s the original letter, everyone:

And since it was your idea...

Dear James CyberLink,

Well said.  You don’t have to be famous or save lives to be a hero, do you?

That video didn’t make me cry, but I sure felt some warmth while I was watching it.  It takes a special kind of person to save so many lives and keep quiet about it.

-Phoenix Wright

Dear James CyberLink,

Whoa...  I sure wasn’t expecting that sort of thing.  That’s some high-class embarrassment, all right.

But, hey, at least you learned something from it.  It’s weird how even moments like that one can have a positive outcome.

-Maya Fey

Dear James CyberLink,

I agree that those are all important laws.  As any student in America could tell you, checks and balances are a fundamental part of any democratic government.  The law gets a bit messier when it comes to the internet and personal data, but it's no less crucial to maintain there as well.

I’d imagine the same to be true for drinking laws.  Without a breathalyzer, a bartender may have trouble distinguishing a drunk individual from a sober individual who simply acts the same way.

-Miles Edgeworth

Dear James CyberLink,

A Build-A-Bear workshop for computers?  That’d sounds like it’d be fun!  I live in a rural area too, so I’d love to learn more about how to use them.

But...where would you put the stuffed heart after you’ve finished building one?

-Pearl Fey

Dear James CyberLink,

Yeah, I’m just going to sit this one out, if that’s okay.  Good answer, though.

-Apollo Justice

Dear James CyberLink,

It’s okay to be unsure about your personality.  People have been known to change from one to another several times before they settle on one.  It’s not uncommon for them to fit into more than one either.  It’s still not an exact science.

That doesn’t mean it’s bunk, though!  If you ever meet Adam, you can tell him he’s a J-E-R-K type!

-Athena Cykes

Dear James CyberLink,

You recognize genius when you see it, don’t you?  We can thank the scientific method for helping us save lives, develop as a society, and learn things we never would’ve thought possible.  I use it in everything I do, from analyzing fingerprints to buying snacks.

-Ema Skye

Dear James CyberLink,

You’re not supposed to find out how they work!  That takes away the whole experience of seeing impossible things happening right before your eyes!  That’s the whole point of illusion!

You’re welcome to try and figure out how my tricks work, though.  Don’t blame me if you start getting dizzy from all the spinning your head does!

-Trucy Wright

Dear rogertheegg,

To me, the difference made by a gender swap would depend on the character.  For some, there’d be hardly any difference (Pearl would be just as adorable, the judge would look and sound just as authoritative, and even some of the main characters would be practically the same), but for others it’d change quite a few things about them (Laura Butz would likely be hitting on guys instead of girls, Mason Fey would have a completely different role in his family, Frederick von Karma would be intimidating in a completely different way, and so on).  And let’s not even get into Marlene Grossberg.

No, really.  Let’s not.

Dear gunmaxx,

Thanks a bunch!  Lately I’ve been afraid I might be losing my edge, so I’m very happy (and relieved) to hear you’re enjoying this blog.  Coming up with new letter responses every day and trying to keep them accurate is a challenge, but the sheer personality in Ace Attorney’s diverse cast of characters makes it a lot easier than it would be for, say, a Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Kirby blog.  (Would that last one even be possible?)  It’s still a challenge, though, so thank you for sharing your appreciation!

Also, no need to worry about spamming.  As long as you aren’t sending five or more letters every day, we’ll be happy to answer them.

Dear starry-nightengale,

The only real difference between them is that one is the real “champion of justice,” and the other just acts like him.  If someone writes to Bobby Fulbright without stating whether it’s to the real one or the Phantom disguised as him, I usually answer it as the Phantom.  The games don’t give us much information about what the real one was like, so it’s probably safe to assume the Phantom’s personality is an almost perfect copy of his.

Dear Fulbright,

First let me just say that I’d be giving you a high-five right now if I could.  It’s a breath of fresh air to hear some words of encouragement about the controversies that have crept into this blog more often than we (and I imagine you all) would like to see.  I do my best not to let those stress me out too much, but there are times when they do, so thank you for being understanding about it.  That’s an attitude we can all use more of.

There aren’t very many characters I like but dislike answering as, or vice versa, but I guess one example of that would be Apollo.  He’s a nice guy and a great character, but he doesn’t seem to have the same goofy sense of humor as Phoenix, Trucy, and Athena -- in fact, probably the funniest thing he does is to get fed up with their jokes.  I do enjoy answering as him, but I think he takes himself a little too seriously most of the time.

A good example of a character I’m not fond of but enjoy answering is, oddly enough, Dahlia.  As much as the cut of her jib sickens me, it’s interesting to think of how she might try to out-clever people who get sassy with her (as I have many times before) or come up with a twisted rationalization of her sadistic actions and thoughts.  Not to mention I sort of like the creativity in her haiku.

(Sort of.)

Lastly, while submitters are under no obligation to keep away from any specific topic, they are advised to keep in mind that, as our Submission Guidelines page states, letters that include hot-button topics will be less likely to get an answer.  How much less likely depends on the topic, but if the risk of hurting feelings is too high, they’ll be deleted.

(Previous Letter)

Dear Mothmouth,

That happens to the best proofreaders out there.  Thanks for clarifying, though (and for expressing your frustration in a family-friendly way).

Dear Mothmouth again,

This is sort of embarrassing, but...I actually didn’t know quite how to do that until the Modthorne gave me some help.  Here you go.

Dear Guquis,

No one’s made that joke here as far as I can tell, but it has been done before.  (Epilepsy Warning)

Dear idk,

Really?  That’s a shame.  A moment of silence, everyone.

Thanks for letting us know.  I've been neglecting to check on the status of blogs we have links to, so I’ve got some “summer cleaning” to do.

On that note, if you have an active ask blog you’d like us to add a link to, feel free to give us a shout!  It’s been a long time since we’ve added any.

Dear naitomeruu,

Sorry to break it to you, but it looks like that’s already been confirmed.  If we’re lucky, maybe they’ll release a version for 3DS as well, but if not, I guess I’ll be making a quick dash to the nearest GameStop for a Switch.  I still think the Wii U didn’t get a fair chance, but I’ll do it for the blog’s sake!

-The Co-Mod

[ropebunnykant]

No I totally agree, the POV change is annoying, esp since we just got one clip from mayas POV before switching again. But tbh I’m also glad we didn’t have to see that. Idk but I fully expect mayas POV back next clip. They could add some extras clips if they wanna focus on lamif.

I only watched a few clips from s7 so I’m curious why you don’t care for tiffax and tiff, if you’re ok sharing? Or I can get off anon and private message, I’m just curious. I kinda don’t care to watch because I’ve heard they barely address the bullying, they just kinda gloss over it and since I really like lola, I figure that may annoy me. I tried starting it and I was already getting annoyed by it lol

yeah i’m sure we will have her pov back, i’m just annoyed because we had her back for ONE CLIP and then immediately gave it over to someone else again like bruh skdkskd

oh nonnie i absolutely do NOT mind sharing why i don’t like tiff or tiffax!!! so, i actually did not watch tiff’s season either. i started out only watching the clips with la mif, but then i realized they were ruining those characters for me too, so i stopped watching all together. however, i still feel completely qualified in telling you why

like you said, they barely addressed the bullying. that was one of the few clips i did watch, and basically they had lola get upset that all of her friends were suddenly buddy buddy with the girl that bullied her (not even because she was worried about herself! because she was worried jo would be next to get hurt!) and they all sided with tiff basically and she ram out crying and upset and then from what i know it wasn’t really brought up again??? it was just let go?? super gross. horrible really. and like i frankly do not give a fuck if she changed, if she can’t give a proper apology, it just means to me that her loyalties shifted and she’s still a shitty ass person. and as for tiffax, i don’t care for them as a couple simply because i hate tiff and i think max is a really good character that deserves way better! not to mention that he was literally into her before she had even attempted to apologizing to lola so like they way they started hanging out doesn’t sit right with me either